Few men have been so to the man ner of public service born as Henry
Cabot Lodge. Here is an authorized biographyan admiring oneof
Lodge's distinguished career, including 13 years as a liberal
Republican Senator and eleven as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. and Viet
Nam. The virtue and the defect of the book is that Lodge is largely
seen through contemporary journalistic accounts of his activities, plus
his own speeches and writings. The feel of history is well caught, but
Lodge the private man is elusive, and critical assessments are...